10 years ago
From the Journal Tribune: “Maine lobstermen and lobster dealers want to make sure people shelling out big bucks for ‘Maine lobster’ in restaurants across the country are not getting ‘impostor lobsters’ from other states or from Canada. Starting Monday, the Maine Lobster Promotion Council will began distributing tags that will be affixed to crustaceans declaring them to be “Certified Maine Lobster.’”
50 years ago
From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Flames destroyed the upper floors of a two and a half story wooden apartment building at 108 Pool St., Biddeford today. Biddeford firefighters poured water into the building as smoke and flames broke out in several sections of the open attic, caving in the roof.”
100 years ago
From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “Germany has informed the United States that on account of the ‘impractical conditions’ imposed by Great Britain on the shipment of foodstuffs from America into Poland, further negotiations for co-operation in Polish relief work are devoid of purpose.”
— Marissa Heffernan
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